Hi all,

I have a question and hope that someone out there can point me to the right
direction...

I have a 2 1/2 year old pitbul (very friendly to people) which has been with
us since she was about 10 weeks old (not sure where she came from). 8
months ago my wife and I had a baby which the dog responded pretty well to.
The problems started a couple of months ago... first the dog growled at my
wife when she came to pet her while the dog was on the couch... since than
the dog is not allowed on the couch or the bed and sleeps in the basement on
her bed with a baby gate blocking the stairs. For some reason the dog is
really scared of the gate and hides everytime someone touches it (I think it
fell on the floor once or twice and made a big noise which scared the dog).
In the last few weeks the dog seems to be really nervous around the baby
ever since the baby started crawling and yelling and banging on toys... it
came to the point where the dog growled at the baby last Saturday because
the baby was looking at the dog and moving its body back and forth which I
guess the dog perceived as threatening... Everytime the baby looks the dog
in the eyes, the dog looks away which makes me believe that the dog is
afraid of the baby... Is there anyone that can suggest anything that we can
do? We really don't want to give the dog up but we are at the point where it
might be the only option we have.

Thanks!